Wheel Sizes & Offsets For Skylines

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mexican

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

fronts will be flush, rears will have some poke.

nothing that cant be overcome with rolling though

fronts will need guard liners removed

both will require minor stretch

[Brempel]

Found a cheap but nice set of rims to put on my 89 gtst 4 door skyline

SQUARE Wheels G6 Model

17x9 +15 5x114.3

18x9.5 +12 5x114.3

I would love to fit the 18's but I am just wondering if I will have much problems making those fit. I dont mind rolling just dont wanna get into the pulling etc. WHATS YOUR THOUGHTTS?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

Found a cheap but nice set of rims to put on my 89 gtst 4 door skyline

SQUARE Wheels G6 Model

17x9 +15 5x114.3

18x9.5 +12 5x114.3

I would love to fit the 18's but I am just wondering if I will have much problems making those fit. I dont mind rolling just dont wanna get into the pulling etc. WHATS YOUR THOUGHTTS?

to be brutal...

it's an 89 gtst, not an '09 R35... just pull the guards

[copycutter]

It's an 89 gtst, not an '09 R35... just pull the guards

Just a quick one joeyjoejoe, when you had the 9.5 +22/+20s up front, did you just roll guards, or did you have to flare the guards slightly & ditch the liners too?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

I had 9.5+12 on the fronts, but I removed the liners and pulled the guards a few years ago when I had 9.5+25's

once the front guards of a 33 are rolled properly you can just heat them up and push and pull them to where you want as they are fairly thin.

[copycutter]

Did you use anything special aside from the heat gun to push or pull the guards?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

lol...

the initial roll was with a heat gun and guard roller.

but with subsequent sets of rims I have used a pipe, a baseball bat, the yellow pages and a jack, my bare hands and of course the guard roller. just depends on what's needed

basically the fronts are weak enough to be pushed in and out to suit. the rears dont go back in once they are done...

just be careful with the fronts and remember to check the panel alignment along the front door line and check the bonnet alignment BEFORE you open or close it

[TJZ]

Anyone have any pics of 18x9.5 +22 on a r34 sedan?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

will look good... tiniest poke ever... pics not required (do not have)

[copycutter]

Going from the pics of yours when you had similar wheel dimensions to that, and had the greddy coilovers with good ride height (IMO), did big bumps ever make it bottom out wheel inside the wheel arch/liner at all? IE could your suspension have been any softer for that ride height or was that minimum stiffness? I've got softer suspension (SK bilstein/whiteline ones) and I wonder if I could get away with going lower.

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

I ran it on the hardest setting with 6/8's

front liners were removed and wiring loom relocated (just all pulled through and tucked up above the metal)

it scrubbed a tiny bit but nothing noticable

[copycutter]

How was it to use as a daily with those settings? Pretty rough or still reasonably ok?

[joeyjoejoejuniorshabadoo]

yeah fine...

daileyed it for like 4 years with those coilovers

i mean it's not "soft" and "comfortable" but really nothing that bothered me in the slightest

[TM7GTR]

Do r34 gtr's accomodate wider rims at the front than a gtt with gtr front guards?

Just curious as this is how my 18x9.5 +15 CST's sit with 255/35's

Not a very good angle, but this is the only shot I have at hand

[B-rice]

Do r34 gtr's accomodate wider rims at the front than a gtt with gtr front guards?

Just curious as this is how my 18x9.5 +15 CST's sit with 255/35's

Not a very good angle, but this is the only shot I have at hand

very nice you finally got it done. The front GTR gueards are wider about 20mm more than the GTT.your wheels are sitting quite flush good fitment choice.

[TM7GTR]

Thanks man. Yeah I have gtr front guards, but I was just wondering why my 9.5 + 15's sit so flush when I've seen proper gtr's running slightly wider rims to achieve flush fitment?

[Jacob-R33]

Hey guys,

Looking at a set of Rota Grids for my R33 GTS-T series 2 which is marginally lower than stock on coilovers (due to where I live/work I have to go up the occasional kerb and don't want to leave my exhaust behind so not going lower yet)

There is two sizes I'm considering and was wondering which would look/fit better without camber adjustment or guard modification.

Front 18x8.5 +25

Rear 18x9.5 +20

Or

Front 17x9 +12

Rear 17x9.5 +12

Won't go bigger than 18s as I already have back breaking, rock hard suspension on the stock 16s and roads here are somewhat crap. Also, tyre wise, I want to keep standard rolling diameter and don't want to stretch tyre, any suggestions?

If anyone has fit these sizes before, some pictures would be awesome.

Thanks

[dkbcleaner]

Hey guys will a 19x10.5 +22 fill the guards more than a 18x9.5 +12 or is it about the same? After something that will sit more flush with the guards on the gtr

[TM7GTR]

About the same. Mine barely sit flush at the front, would be better off with 18x10.5 +15